Notorious Bandit Bernal Death Ends Long Criminal Career
The state department reports Mexican troops killed Eraclio Bernal, famed bandit who slain Leon Baldwin. Born in Sinaloa, he turned outlaw after a false imprisonment, led a feared gang, looted villages, and was finally surrounded and shot after a fierce engagement. His widow seeks indemnity.
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State Department
Eraclio Bernal
Leon Baldwin
Sinaloa
Mexico
Bernal
Boulanger Still Idol as Cheer Roars in Paris
General Boulanger attended a Theater Chalet performance in Paris on Monday night. He was greeted by tumultuous cries of vive Boulanger in the theater and along the streets, reflecting popular support.
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Boulanger
Paris
Theater
Vive Boulanger
Rich Fox Arrested Over Prize Fighting Claims
Richard K. Fox proprietor of the Police Gazette was arrested in New York on a charge of aiding and abetting prize fighting by encouraging bets and publishing fight details. He appeared at the Tombs police court and was released on his own recognizance after requesting an adjournment until Tuesday.
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Tombs
New York
Richard K. Fox
Police Gazette
Fox
Knights of Labor Grows Stronger in Philadelphia
The Knights of Labor organ Iz ation expands steadily with 800 000 members and 150 assemblies formed last month. The movement gains confidence among workers and even major corporations now acknowledge labor organization as beneficial.
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Philadelphia
The
Knights of Labor
Train wreck scatters casualties on Pennsylvania line
At Steamburg station the fast day express reeled off the rails after a broken rail. The day coach derailed, killing one passenger and injuring eight, while the freight caboose crew suffered two fatalities. The engine and initial cars passed by safely.
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Braptorp
Penn
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio
Steamburg Station
Steamburg
Fatal accidents from a broken wire plague Burra o
A series of deaths and shocks followed a storm when a broken telepene and electric wire on Washington street connected with an electric line. A boy driving a grocery sleigh was killed along with a passerby who helped. Spectators also received friendly shocks as they tried to assist. The boy recovered. Another death occurred in Perham Minnesota on a moving train. A fire damaged buildings on Wabash Avenue and in Chicago a printing house fire caused extensive losses. Riots in Rio Tinto and a collision between revenue cutters near Woods Hole Massachusetts are noted with fatalities and damages.
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Burra O, N. Y
Taylor
Washinton Street
Eagle Street
Isaac Moulton
Chicago Plans to Acquire Libby Prison for City Display
In CuicaGco on Feb 7 a new relic worship venture moves toward forming a corporation to purchase Libby prison and relocate it to Chicago. The plan includes dismantling the structure brick by brick, boxing components, rebuilding it in Chicago, and encasing it in a glass house. Also, North Chicago Rolling Mills in South Chicago resumes after over two months of repairs, employing 700 to 800 workers to produce 400 to 500 tons of rails daily.
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Chicago
Libby Prison
CuicaGco
Richmond
Curiaco
North Chicago
Right to recapture never lapses in Cassibone case
In Zanesville Ohio Judge Phillips ruled the state's recapture right remains valid for prisoners who escape. Cassibone, convicted of murder in 1856, was ordered to return to the penitentiary on the old sentence certificate. Also reported, James Redpath writes he plans to live to see Henry George doctrine adopted.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Cassibone
Phillips
Methuselah
New York
James Redpath
Henry George
What the Book Says Amat Actress and Actor Exchange
An amused stage dialogue shows an amateur actress rehearsing and an amateur actor proudly quoting the book as guidance. The exchange centers on a line about retiring from the stage and a witty misquote from Miss Washington in a The Epoch seating scene.
Meeting of Schedule Committees in Buffalo
Representatives of the League and American Nation schedule committees were in session at the Genesee until midnight and will not finish their work until tonight.
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Buffalo
N. Y
League and
American Nation
Genessee
Hsso
The Laborer’s Hire A Horrible State of Affairs
Montreal report of the royal labor commission sessions reveals cigarmakers earning about four dollars weekly, taxed for gas used while idle, and apprentices paid one to three dollars weekly. Fines often swallowed wages, with apprentices beaten and some factories keeping a foodless black hole in the cellar for confinement.
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Montreal
Royal Labor Commission
Striking Workers Face Police Escort as Tensions Rise
In Pittsurgh Pennsylvaniaa a crowd taunts black workers near Solar Iron Works as non union men exit. Police guard in squads of thirty escort colored workers home while stones injure several. Officer Friedman is arrested for alleged felonious shooting.
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Pittspurg
Fenn
Solar Iron Works
Friedman
Young Kenny
Miners To Resume Work After Explosion Discharge of Chinese
In Naniamno and Wellington all coal miners who refused to work will return in a few days after owners agree to discharge all Chinese workers. Coal remains scarce. Judge Sage of Cincinnati rules bank directors not criminally liable for cashier acts unless direct connection is proven.
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B. C
Naniamno
Wellington
Sage
Cincinnati
Ohio
Brutal murder in Chicago as saloonkeeper kills wife
Mrs Mathias Busch is slain at their home with her child present as her husband, a saloon keeper, slits her throat. He is arrested with a knife in hand while blood spurted from the corpse. The crime centers on a bid to seize $10,000 in real estate willed by her father.
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Chicago
Mra
Mathias Busch
Busch
Wreck of Abercorn Claims Twenty-Two Lives
San Francisco reports a British bark believed to be the Abercorn foundered off Gray's Harbor Washington after再 being driven north by a gale on February 1. All hands perished except two sailors and an apprentice, with about twenty-two crew lost in the disaster.
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Abercera
Hascock Chemical Works
Marquette
Nebraska
San Francisco
Abercorn
Maryport
England
Portland
Washington Territory
Columbia River
Gray's Harbor
Explosions and Losses Mark February Front Pages
Reports from Marquette Seward and Norfolk recount a deadly blast at Hancock Chemical Works blowing three men to atoms and demolishing buildings. Other briefs note a teacher dying from blizzard exposure and fundraiser totals, plus a mine powder fire and logging railroad locomotives afire.
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Mencock Chemicals Works
Marquette
Marquette, Mich
Hancock Chemical Works
San Francisco Moves to Control Democratic Convention
San Francisco prepares for a tough fight to secure the Democratic national convention. City leaders expect to cover delegates' expenses if chosen, while conservative observers name Chicago St Louis or Cincinnati as likely hosts and note New York's bid may fade before the 22nd.
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Washington
San Francisco
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson to rest South
First Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson, ill with a severe cold, plans a short rest in Jacksonville Florida and possibly Havana after nearly three years of continuous service. W D Haynie will act in his absence. Weir in poor condition to fight Burke next Friday. Patsy Cardiff heads East for sparring in Peoria.
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Washington
Jacksonville
Fla
Havana
W. D. Haynie
Minseapolis
Weir
Burke
Patsy Cardiff
Peoria
Resolution for Minnesota river improvement at Hell Plain
Congressmen McDonald introduced a Minnesota legislature resolution urging Congress to appropriate 10000 for improving the Minnesota river at Hell Plain. The measure was referred to the rivers and harbors committee. A Meeker County petition supported telegraph government systems. Also, Wisconsin Indians allotment bill moves ahead. Senator Davis improves after peritonitis, plans Capitol visit.
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McDonald
Minnesota
Congress
Helle Plaine
Meeker County
Albert Leads International Walking Match in New York
Albert led the noon International walking match in New York with 183 miles, Guer rero second at 174, Pnanchot third with 173, Hart at 166 as others lag toward 114 miles, amid scattered market notes from St. Paul and Minneapolis for wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, and flour.
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Albert
Guerrero
Pnanchot
Hart
Minneapolis
Northern
New England
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Grain markets open weak on foreign advices
Foreign advices and the lack of local support pushed grain prices lower at the open. May wheat moved from 1346 to 1846 and then fell to 8146. May corn held at 52 but quickly dipped to 614. Pork opened at 34.56 with slight gain.
Personal Gossip From A Busy International Scene
A collage of high society notes covers income figures, gifts, and lectures. Notable names include the pope, W. W. Corcoran, M Wilson Guizot, the Marquis of Lorne, Bishop Warren, Lord Hartington, Gladstone, Blaine, Herbert Spencer, and Bismarck. Casting light on politics, finance, and culture, the items touch on Ottoman finance minister Ajlaled din, Dr Evans of Paris, and William Randolph Hearst’s contemporaries.
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W. W. Corcoran
Charleston
M. Wilson Guizot
Paris
Edmund Burke
Milton
Marquis of Lorne
H. W. Warren
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lord Hartington
Mahmoud Ajelaleddin
Turkey
Zahda Pasha
Evans
Pulitzer
New York World
Senator Quay
Pennsylvania
Senate
Quay
Marshall McMahon
France
Riddle
Kansas
Martin
Col. Mapleson
S T. Louis
J. B. Haggin
Ben Ali
Haggin
A &T Louis
Haggin & Tevis
California
Henry Labouchere
London
Brooklyn
Berry
America
Grevy
Kalakous
Pauline Lucca
Lucca
Imperial Opera
Vienna
Turpie
Indiana
United States
British Pacific Fleet to Add Ships and Strengthen Command
From Ottaua Ont Feb 4 Admiral Hen age reports weakness of the Pacific squadron. Britain will add vessels to the squadron and issue a sharp watch to protect British sailing rights in Behring Sea. He would have answered the U S cutter Corwin seizure with force, stirring a potential summer dispute.
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United States
Ottana
Ont
Henage
Pacific
Behring Sea
Corwin
Thead
Great Britain
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Woods Hall Harbor
John Jacob Astor
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Old Country
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Young Ives
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